The intensified sound of a ringing school bell, busy feet, severe workload, and loud chattering seem similar to the average high schooler’s conception. However, this strays from the truth when one enters the life of a sophomore at Missouri State University, Alex Kirk, an audio engineer who yearns to dive deeper into a music production career.
“A misconception about college is that most people think college gives you more work, however, high school gives students more workload than college,” said Kirk. “But it also depends on your degree, also school work helps you buffer for tests.”
The main issue between upcoming college students is the fortune it takes to attend day-to-day studies and the secondary expenses for dorm supplies and needed supplements. In addition to the misunderstandings of college, Braden Middleton, a freshman student at MSU highlights the expensive take for the 4 years of education.
“(A misconception about college is that it is) Too expensive to do, it is costly but if you are willing to put yourself out there it is not hard to find scholarships and make it easier,” said Middleton.
While some students are hesitant to stay in their local area, to save more money on the extra education after high school is simple, take part in local colleges.
There are many factors to look upon when deciding where to take the next journey, a major hardship factor is knowing what degree to learn when entering a college. Middleton learned to take his favorite pastime hobbies and turned the idea into a lifelong career.
“I would look at what you enjoy doing and how you can turn it into a career. My main hobbies are fishing and working on cars, fishing isn’t a career path, so I chose to work on cars and mechanical things,” said Middleton. Ensuring advice for the high schoolers, Middleton gives thought to the students curious about careers.
“I would say enjoying something, if you want to do a career for 40 years of your life I’d rather enjoy it and get paid a little less than get paid more and hate it.”
College may seem frightening at first sight when faced with the reality that life can be started over with the factor of numerous new faces, career paths, and friend groups, but it is debunked as easier as most people had thought in high school.
